Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Planet Earth, Measurement and Data Analysis
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
Students interpret an image taken by a NASA satellite to determine the size and characteristics of Earth’s outer atmosphere. Student and teacher pages are included.
Problem 13, The Plasmasphere [70KB PDF file]
This activity is part of Space Math I.